Australia’s Sovereign AI and Energy Infrastructure Programme
Built on Country. Owned by Australia. Powered by the Sun.
The Idea
For 60,000 years, First Nations custodians have cared for Country — its water, its fire, its balance. Today, the same stewardship can guide a new resource: light.
AI on Country and Energy on Country unite the oldest custodianship on Earth with the newest frontier of human intelligence. Together we build the digital and energy backbone of the Indo‑Pacific — powered by the best solar on the planet, in the safest geopolitical location on Earth.
The 10/30/60 Model
10% First Nations • 30% Strategic Investors • 60% Australian Sovereign Fund
First Nations equity anchors projects in Country.
Private capital brings speed and innovation.
Sovereign ownership keeps control — and profits — within Australia.
This is not extraction. It is stewardship by design.
Governance: Clean by Design
Every dollar traced. Every tonne audited. Every watt measured.
Full public financial transparency via audited statements
Independent oversight board: First Nations, government, technical
No offshore tax structures or SPVs
Procurement at open‑book cost plus regulated margin
Environmental verification by accredited third‑party auditors
Carbon‑credit issuance fully registry‑visible
The Place
South of Alice Springs lies the world’s richest solar resource: vast, stable, and cool beneath deep desert skies. The dry air and cold nights provide best‑in‑class natural cooling for AI infrastructure. A light‑touch build means no land clearing, no net water use, and energy generation that coexists with Country. Each solar farm carries a Dreaming image chosen by its Traditional Owners — art visible from orbit, anchoring culture to technology.
The Infrastructure Spine
A chain of solar‑powered, battery‑backed data centres stretching from the Centre to the Sea — a sovereign corridor of AI and energy infrastructure linking the desert heart to northern gateways and into Southeast Asia.
The Technology
Vertical bifacial arrays capturing dawn & dusk light
DC‑coupled ~14‑hour battery systems with zero water cooling
Autonomous construction for light environmental impact and low cost
Tier‑5+ data‑centre architecture for sovereign, air‑gapped AI compute
The Scale
At 1 GW of AI data‑centre capacity, avoided emissions approach ~1.3 million fossil‑car equivalents, with carbon value offsetting delivered energy cost by 1.5–6.0 ¢/kWh depending on market price.
The Turning Point
Data‑centre footprints are being sold to global billionaires who will own the infrastructure and repatriate the profits. 10/30/60 reverses that pattern: profits and custodianship stay in Australia and on Country.
The Economics
Basel III Advantage
Under Basel III, green sovereign infrastructure can carry a risk‑weight as low as ~20–30%, allowing near‑sovereign funding rates (≈2–3%) and materially lower LCOE.
Carbon Credits Are Receivables
Verified credits (tCO₂e) are tradeable financial assets. They create cash flow regardless of profit position, pushing net energy toward 2–4 ¢/kWh, occasionally lower.
The Value Ladder: From Sunlight to Intelligence
Electrons are raw sunlight — commodity margins. Gigawatts are disciplined electrons — firm capacity worth 3–4×. Models trained on those gigawatts are refined sunlight — non‑rival weights worth billions. Sunlight distilled into intelligence.
Contact
For partnership, investment, and custodianship enquiries:
In September 2022, I was circling the continent in a Tesla Model Y. At Derby pier, a senior elder saw silent charging and satellite connectivity and said: “If we had these, we wouldn’t need diesel tankers every week — and our kids wouldn’t have to leave.” That sentence started this programme.
The Bigger Picture
We move beyond the “Lucky Country” by exporting knowledge, data, and clean energy — not raw resources. Digital embassies hosted on sovereign Australian infrastructure let nations achieve AI sovereignty at costs they cannot match at home.
Why it works. Basel III/IV sets capital a bank must hold. Lower risk‑weights → lower WACC → lower LCOE. Projects with sovereign anchors and ESG qualification achieve materially lower risk‑weights.
30% Business — commercial discipline & delivery capability.
60% Sovereign Wealth / Future Fund — public anchor reducing perceived/actual risk (typ. 20–30% RWA).
Carbon Credits & Liquidity Relief
Certified credits and long‑term offtakes improve bank liquidity metrics, further reducing funding cost. Result: cheaper capital → lower LCOE → more credits → cheaper capital.
Fiscal neutrality; intergenerational equity (First Nations income stream).
Illustrative summary — not financial advice.
CLASS F CUSTODIAL SHARE
First publication: 31 Oct 2025 · Author: Neil Bolton (Founder‑Architect)
Purpose
The Class F share preserves founding intent. It distinguishes economic recognition from custodial authority so that 10/30/60 cannot be subverted by later control changes.
Structure (plain English)
Economic component — 0.1% of consolidated gross revenues to the Founder (then the Founder’s estate) in perpetuity; non‑dilutable and non‑transferable.
Custodial component — Upon Founder’s death, voting rights & veto attached to Class F transfer to an independent First Nations Custodian Body (FNCB) established by deed.
Reserved Rights (attached to Class F)
Veto any alteration to the 10/30/60 ownership proportions.
Veto any disposal, dilution, or encumbrance of the First Nations equity tranche.
Nominate one non‑executive director (with standard duties) to the HoldCo board.
Transparency: audited group accounts delivered to the FNCB within 90 days of year‑end.
Registration & Evidence (do‑now checklist)
no hash yet
keep with board minutes
File a Company Constitution with a Class F schedule mirroring the above.